Smoker&#39;s novelty ash tray



Jan. 26 ,1926. Y 1,570,610

v i C. N. CAHUSAC SMOKERS NU'V'BL'IY ASH TRAY Filed March 26, 1925 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Jan. 26 1926. 1,570,610

c. N. cAHusAc SHOKERS NOVELTY ASH TRAY' Filed March 26, 1925 2 Sheets-Shed 2 wmv- Patented Jan. 26, 1926.

UNITED STATESA PATENT oFFlcE.

'sMoKn'Rs NOVELTY asn TRAY.

Application led March 26, 1925. Serial No.v 18,534.

To ZZ tolto/.in t may concer-0i Be it known that I, CLARENCE N. CA- HUsAo, a subject of the King of England, residing in the city of Newark, county of E."- sex, and State of New Jersey, have invented al new and useful Improvement in Smokers Novelty Ash Trays, of which the following is a description.

The object of my invention is to provide a tray for the support of a plurality of individual ash receivers, when not in use and also in some cases, to provide a larger receptacle to receive the contents of the smaller ones.

rlhe form of the improvement is such that its parts may be readily stamped or punched from sheet metal, the device being neat in form, simple in structure, and novel in its extended uses.

In the accompanying` drawing forming a part hereof Fig. 1 is a plan view of the improvement showing a plurality of ash receivers mounted upon a tray with a central match boX supporting socket.

Fig. 2 is a vertical central section of the same.

Fig. 3 and Fig. 4 show modifications of the supporting tray and are particularly designed to receive the contents of the several ash receivers intended to be mounted thereon. Y

Fig. 5 is a fragmentary perspective view of one of the individual ash receivers showing means for attaching the same to the apparel of the user.

Figs. 6 and 7 are similar perspective views but showing modifications of the attaching means.

In modern society cigarette and cigar smoking is almost a universal habit and at card parties and other society gatherings it is the custom to distribute cigarettes" or cigars among the guests and to provide numerous ash trays in which to deposit the cigarette and cigar ashes and also the unconsumed ends of cigare-ttes and cigars. The placing of these ash trays upon the tables, mantels and other convenient locations is usually such as to make it convenient for some and inconvenient for others.

This improved ash tray is designed to overcome such ldifficulties and inconveniences and to place an individual receiver atthe dis" posal of each guest in such a way that it may attach it to wearing apparel, as for example, the edge of a pocket inl somewhat similar manner as that used in securing a fountain pen to the edge of thepocket.

In Fig. 1 is shown r`in plan view a tray embodying the provement. It circular base 1 consists of a stamped metal having a plurality of out-er stamped bosses 2 disposed uniformly about the upper face of the base, such bosses be ing designedto receive and hold the individual ash receivers 3, the upper rims of which are shaped to conform tothe con-- tour of said bosses, so that said individual ash receivers .may be inverted and slipped on or forced down over said bosses, where they are frictionally held against .displacement. i n

yThe individualreceivers 3, as aboverindicated, lare drawn from sheet rmetal, preferably aluminum or brass, with the rim turned over into ai bead4. Upon the front side of each individual receiver 3 is' riveted a spring arm arranged vertically so that it mayb-e slippedover theedge of a pocket and retained in convenient position to receive the ashes of a cigar Yor cigarette.

In case the individual ash receiver. is to be used by a lady, the clip is provided with an extra pair of apertured ears as 7, in which an ordinary safety pin 8 may be mounted so that the individual receivers may ige secured to a dress by means of such pin As a still further modification of the attaching clip, a spring Wire may be bent. into the form shown at 9, in Fig. 6, the ends of said Wire extending around through the up per bead 4. This wire, being elastic may be uls'ed in substantially the same manner as the c 1p 6.

A still further modification of the fastening means is shown in Fig. 7, where the Wire 10 is extended around through the bead 4 upon the margin of the individual receivers and its extended end pointed as at 11. This pointed end may be inserted vertically into the apparel of the user in case a convenient pocket is absent from the users apparel.

-In the center of the base l, shown in Figs. 1 and 2, is shown a socket cup 12 removably securedto said base by means of a scren7 13 and nut 14. This socket is made of the proper size and shape to receive the ordinary safety match box 15.

In Fig. 3, a modified form of the device is shown wherein, the base 16 is made of general features of the im@ a shallow cup or basin of sulicient depth to provide an upstanding edge or margin to take the clips 6 of the individual receivers. A base of this type also serves as a receptacle into which the filled individual receivers may be dumped.

In Fig. 4, is shown a slightly modiied form of the base shown in Fig. l, wherein, the base 17 is made with a central depression 18 which comesjust within the bosses 2 so as to form a receptacle for the contents of the individual receivers 3. It may also have an upstanding boss 19 at the center to receive the ordinary safety match box.

Thile I have shown my improved ash tray as capable ci' being embodied in the several modiic-ations illustrated, I do not wish to be understood as confining the improvement to these modilications alone. Other forms will be readily suggested to those skilled in the art and I desire to be understood as including all such as may come within the spirit and scope of my invention.

I claim:

1Q In an ash tray, the combination of a circular sheet metal base, having a plurality of upwardly stamped bosses concentrically arranged thereon, with a plurality of individual ash receivers each detachably secured to one of said bosses, and each of said receivers having a clip thereon whereby it may be attached to the apparel of the user.

2. In an ash tray, the combination of a circular sheet metal base having a pluralty of upwardly stamped bosses concentrically arranged in the upper face thereof, a safety match box socket removably secured at the center of said base, and a plurality of individual ash receivers each detachably secured in an inverted position to one of said bosses, and each'having a spring clip mount ed thereon for attaching the same to a movable support.

3. In an ash tray, the combination of a circular sheet metal base, with a. plurality of individual ash receivers means upon said base and upon each of said receivers whereby the latter may be eoncentrically and detachably secured to said base, and means upon each of' said receivers 'for attaching the same to the apparel of the user.

il. In an ash tray, the combination of a circular sheet metal base, with a plurality of individual ash receivers, means for concentrically and detachably securing said receivers to said base, said base being formed with a receptacle in its upper face for ashes in bulk from all of said receivers, and each receiver having an attaching clip for securing the same to the apparel of the user.

5. In an ash tray.y the combination of a circular sheet metal base having a series of concentrically arranged upwardly stamped bosses near the margin thereof and an enlarged downwardly stamped depression within said series o bosses, and a plurality of individual ash receivers or cups, each detachably fitted to one of said bosses, and a spring clip upon each receiver for attaching the same to the apparel of the user.

CLARENCE N. CAIIUSAC. 

